584 Index (Yellow Pages)
STIs (continued)
yeast infections of the vagina,
265–266
(Also see HIV and AIDS; Safer sex)
Stiffness
belly after abortion, 258
body of newborn, 95
Stomach problems
cancer, 384
during pregnancy, 69
pain after taking medicines, 479
ulcers and medicine problems, 477
Stones, kidney or bladder, 369
Stools
building latrines, 152
constipation, 70, 130, 372
female genital cutting problems, 465
leaking, 370, 534
older women’s problems passing,
130
removing stool, 372
cleaning after, 153
whitish, 271
wiping after passing, 154
(Also see Constipation)
Stories about
adoption, 236
an association of women with
disabilities, 140, 147
Commander Condom, 281
communities that organized against
rape, 338-339
death from cervical cancer, 9
forming a support group, 429
life without children, 237
maternal deaths, preventing, 101
refugee women taking leadership,
457
risk of HIV, 191
self-esteem, 415
selling sex to survive, 342
solving health problems, 20-21
violence against women, 314
widows who built a successful
business, 136
Storing
breast milk, 113
disinfected tools and equipment, 528
food, 157, 177
milk and milk products, 170
purified water, 155
Stoves
burning less fuel, 395
fire safety, 394
haybox cooker, 397
health problems from smoke,
394–397
producing less smoke, 395
rocket stove, 396–397
Streptomycin, 515
overview, 481
Stress
mental health and, 416–417
physical changes and illness from,
421
trauma, 418, 420–421, 430
violence against women and, 318
Stretching
angry cat exercise, 71
lower back, 400
(Also see Exercises)
Stroke
family planning and, 145
mental health and, 418
overweight and, 174
the pill and, 208
Subcutaneous injection, 544
Substance abuse (See Alcohol;
Drugs;Tobacco)
Suckling
easing for baby, 115
fast and noisy, 109
importance of, 106
Suction abortion, 38, 244, 248
Sugar
need for, 166
for pressure sores, 306
rehydration drink, 540
(Also see Diet)
Sugar sickness (diabetes),
174–175
juvenile, 174
overweight and, 174
the pill and, 209
pregnancy risks, 72
signs, 174
treatment, 175
Suicide, 419, 431
Sulfamethoxazole, 481
(Also see Cotrimoxazole, 497)
Sulfanomides, 481
Sulfas, 481
Sunlight
calcium and, 168
germs killed by, 153, 155, 275
purifying water, 155
Support groups
for abused women, 324
alcohol addiction, 440, 442
for breastfeeding, 121
drug addiction, 442
exercises for, 426–428
helping relationships, 423–424
for people with HIV, 290
purposes of, 425
for refugees and displaced women,
455
Support groups (continued)
starting, 424
for women’s health issues, 15
for women with disabilities, 140,
141, 147
workers’ unions, 410–411
Suppositories (See Inserts)
Surgery (See Operations)
Survival sex, 341
Swelling
in belly after abortion, 256
body very swollen, 173
engorged breasts (mastitis),
116–117, 382
glands in groin, 271
hands and face during labor, 74, 87
from hormonal methods of family
planning, 208
piles (hemorrhoids) during
pregnancy, 70
from sitting or standing long time,
404
vaginal fold on one side, 276
(Also see Varicose veins)
Symptoms (See Danger signs;
Solving health problems)
Syphilis, 270–271
Syringes
disinfecting, 528
giving injections, 542–545
(Also see Injections)
T
Tablets
measuring doses, 474, 475
taking, 474
(Also see Medicines)
Tablets, contraceptive (See Pill,
the; Spermicides)
T’ai chi, 423
Talking (See Communication)
Tampons
using, 55
women with disabilities and, 142
TBAs (See Health workers;
Midwives)
TB (See Tuberculosis)
TCA (trichloroacetic acid), for
genital warts, 269, 516
Teas (See Caffeine; Plant
medicines)
Teeth
care of, 154
problems from chemicals, 402
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